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mungouk 210

mungouk 210

In English, and other languages, it's very common to coin new words as a "portmanteau" or "neologism".

How does this work in Chinese where you don't have an alphabet, abugida, or similar which can be used to spell out the new word? (Or is this one reason why Chinese has so few loan words? Especially compared to, say, Japanese which even has Katakana for this purpose.)

I was just reading this article about this supposedly new word "qiou" (‘dirt-poor’ and ‘ugly’), which it says can't be written in Hanzi.

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DavyJonesLocker 308

DavyJonesLocker 308

I was just﻿﻿reading this article about this supposedly new word "qiou" (‘dirt-poor’ and ‘ugly’), which it says can't be written in Hanzi.

Certainly becoming popular. I have see more than a few wechat moments posts sharing it. It will only been a matter of time before there is a way of writing it whether official or unofficially recognized as a legitimate character